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Murchison Don
Phantom Bantam Antics
Self Published Auckland New Zealand 1980. First Edition. Softcover Stiff Boards. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. Illustrator: Don Murchison. Signed by Author. 96pp. The text is illustrated by a sepia toned photographs and linocut illustrations executed by Don Murchison. The book is printed on yellow coloured paper. Photographic front cover showing author on top of a Volkswagen 'Bug' on which a chicken has been superimposed against a brown background with dark brown coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. This book is " a potpourri of poetry short stories quips theatrics songs orchestrations satire-comedy-serious philosophical waffle and linocuts.". Rubbing to the edges and the page edges are slightly grubby. Fading to the spine and a little bit to the rear panel. There are two areas which show the remains of stickers one is the lower left-hand corner of the back panel and the other is the lower right hand corner of the front panel Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Don Murchison. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Poetry ; New Zealand; Signed by Author. Inventory No: 0102801. . Self Published hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0102801
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Rose Lyndon
Tungi of the Big Reef Pacific Book
Jacaranda Press Brisbane 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. Illustrated title page and black-and-white illustrations are scattered throughout illustrator not credited. Illustrated boards with dark brown and white coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. Illustrated dustwrapper same illustration is for underlying board with white and dark brown coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. A novel set in the Pacific Island Samoa and the adventures of a young boy Tungi. Softening and rubbing of the back strip edges with rubbing of the top book corners and lower book edges. Browning to the text block edges and pages. Some handling marks to the end pages. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and back strip edges. Sunning and rubbing of the dustwrapper with some staining to the rear panel noticeable. To the verso of the dustwrapper the staining is much more visible � please see photograph. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 102 2 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Children; Pacific; fiction -- adolescent; Inventory No: 0100827. . Jacaranda Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100827
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Finch Alan & Valrie
Lord Howe Island
Rigby Ltd Adelaide 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Poor. 505 g.; XII 160pp. acknowledgement list of illustrations and index. Illustrated endpapers with maps. Black and white photography illustrates the text one illustration is double paged. Dark green coloured boards with gilt writing on the spine. The corners are bumped and there is shelf wear evident on the lower book edges. The head and the heel of the spine are heavily bumped. There are dust marks to the paper edges. Photographic dustwrapper showing a scene from Malabar Hill on Lord Howe Island with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The corners are rubbed and chipped and there is a tear that extends 6" from the top spine gutter to the front right edge. There is also another tear at the top back spine gutter extending 2" and there is general fading of the wrapper as well. This is story of Lord Howe Island from its beginning as a whaling settlement to its eventual finding as a tourist destination the story is being one of overcoming overwhelming odds spiced with humorous happenings and and unusual visitors. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Local History -- Australia ; Inventory No: 0100289. . Rigby Ltd hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100289
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Herbert Robert Knox Bruce editor
The Queensland Years of Robert Herbert Premier: Letters and Papers
University of Queensland Press St Lucia 1977. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 261pp black & white photos. Bottom Edges of boards shelf worn. . At 28 Herbert was the first Premier of Queensland and at 40 the permanent head of the Colonial Office. Here are published his letters to his family and selected speeches made during his career in Queensland from 1860-66. Includes a lengthy introduction by Knox. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Biography; Australiana; Local History -- Queensland; Australia; ISBN: 0702213624. ISBN/EAN: 9780702213625. Inventory No: 0200026. . 9780702213625 University of Queensland Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0200026 ISBN : 0702213624 9780702213625
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Lavery H. J. Editor
Exploration North: Australia's Wildlife from Desert to Reef
Richmond Hill Press Victoria 1978. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 250 pp. index bibliography colour and blabck and white photographs maps text illustrations etc. Illustrated dustwrapper. Chapters include "the Mulga" "the Rainforest" and "the Reef". Originally devised around a television production this book is of sufficient worth to be considered a stand alone production. Numerous illustrations and relevant text make its reading an adventure. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Australiana; Natural History -- Australia; Local History -- Northern Territory; ISBN: 0908157002. ISBN/EAN: 9780908157006. Inventory No: 0200187. . 9780908157006 Richmond Hill Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0200187 ISBN : 0908157002 9780908157006
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Various
Sydney Revels of Bacchus Cupid And Momus; Being Choice and Humorous Selections from Scenes at the Sydney Police Office and Other Public Places During the Last Three Years the 1850s
Ure Smith Pty. Ltd Sydney 1970. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Frank Broadhurst . 103 pp. introduction. Text illustrated with contemporary sketches and Frank Broadhurst's period drawings illustrations are halftone. Illustrated endpapers which is showing a illustration of "going to Botany". Grey boards with gilt titles on the backstrip. There is in minor shelf wear evident on the bottom edge and the corners are slightly rubbed. On the front paste down and ffep. there a small piece missing 1" x .5". The front endpapers have a sun line running down the full-length of the page. Illustrated dustwrapper again showing sketches from Sydney 1850s black titles on the front panel and on the spine. There is minor rubbing of the dustwrapper and there is also some very small chipping along the top edge of the dustwrapper. "Here is a lusty Hogarthian picture of life in the Sydney of the 1850s --- a dirty intimate hard drinking evil smelling town of no more than 75000 people and no less than 400 pubs. Swaggering gold - diggers and staggering drunks brawling housewives and brazen harlots pickpockets and publicans cabbies and constables soldiers and sailors mistresses and maids speak to us here in their own vivid words faithfully preserved by Charles Adam Corbyn a police court reporter of the day.". Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Frank Broadhurst . Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Local History -- New South Wales ; Social History ; Journalism ; ISBN: 0725400005. ISBN/EAN: 9780725400002. Inventory No: 0100218. . 9780725400002 Ure Smith Pty. Ltd hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100218 ISBN : 0725400005 9780725400002
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Howland Keith and Lee Stuart
Yamba Yesterday; A Retrospective View: 1885-1985
Yamba Centenary Committee Yamba 1985. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Keith Howland. 136 pp. last three blank acknowledgements foreword by Don Day index. Illustrated endpapers showing a digital photograph of 1930's scene. Black and white photographic frontispiece showing early settlers in the region. The text is profusely illustrated with black and white photographs maps illustrations and the occasional coloured photograph. Maroon coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Corners scuffed and rubbed and there is bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper by Keith Howland with maroon background and yellow and white writing on front panel and spine. Corners of the dustwrapper are scuffed and rubbed and there is rubbing along the fore edges of book. Chipping to the top and bottom edges of the dustwrapper and a 0.25 "and 2" tears top front edge and 0.5 " tear with associated creasing to the top back panel dustwrapper edge. There is a 1" tear on the bottom right-hand corner dustwrapper edge. The dustwrapper is a little "loose". The Centenary history of Yamba on the north coast of New South Wales. Size: Oblong 8vo - 7�" - 9�" tall but wider. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Keith Howland. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Local History -- New South Wales ; ISBN: 0958969108. ISBN/EAN: 9780958969109. Inventory No: 0101114. . 9780958969109 Yamba Centenary Committee hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0101114 ISBN : 0958969108 9780958969109
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Fitzpatrick Brian
The Australian Commonwealth; a Picture of the Community 1901-1955
F. W. Cheshire Melbourne 1956. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/Good. 337 pp. acknowledgements and forewarning sources notes and topics glossary and index. Pale green boards with gilt writing on the spine. The front panel has the remains of mould spots with the back panel having a lesser amount. Corners are bumped as is the head and heel of spine. There is a small amount of foxing to the top edge of the paper and there are some dust marks as well. Previous owners name on ffep. Book store stamp on front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. The dustwrapper has some minor chipping along all edges and heavier chipping on the head of spine of the dustwrapper. The dustwrapper has faded. This book was written in 1955 and "it is a description and interpretation of community life in the Australian Commonwealth the nation that came into being on the first day of this century.". This is the first Australian edition. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Sociology & Culture; Social History ; Local History -- Australia ; Inventory No: 0100128. . F. W. Cheshire hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100128
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St. Ledger A
Australian Socialism; An Historical Sketch of Its Origin and Developments
Macmillan & Company London 1909. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. XVI 366pp. last blank two pages of advertisements. Preface by author. Red cloth boards with gilt decoration and writing on the spine and self embossed decoration on the front and back panel. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. The cloth of the book has been insect affected and sunning to the spine has caused fading. There are other marks present as well. The spine is slightly loose. Browning to the paper edges. Both the front and back the hinges are cracked. Browning to the endpapers and to the internal pages as well. Some handling marks present as well. Original owner's details on free front end paper. "The economic issues involved in the platform of Australian Socialism have been repeatedly investigated. This work is mainly confined to the history of political events by which Socialism was enabled to play such an important part in the political history of Australia more especially in the years following the inauguration of the Commonwealth." from the preface. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Politics -- Australian; Inventory No: 0102763. . Macmillan & Company hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0102763
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McGuire Paul
Westward the Course: the New World of Oceania
Oxford University Press Melbourne 1942. Reprint. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 412pp. last blank note list of illustrations list of maps acknowledgements and index. Text is illustrated with black and white photography and three maps. Green boards with blue writing on front panel and spine. Corners are slightly rubbed as are the head and heel of spine. There is fading to the cloth of the top of the spine commensurate with the loss of dustwrapper. There are some stains on the endpapers and the previous owner's name on the front endpaper. Bookseller sticker on front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper by Pat Terry of Oceania region maroon background with white writing on front panel and spine. Dustwrapper is rubbed and faded particularly on spine. The corners are chipped the top being worse than the bottom. Minor chipping has occurred to the top back panel. Just prior to the beginning of World War II Paul McGuire traveled the lands of Oceania and studied the influence of the Western world on these lands. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; History; Polynesia - Micronesia - Melanesia; Inventory No: 0204616. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0204616
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Sheldon Gordon
Industrial Siege: the Mount Isa Dispute
F. W. Cheshire Melbourne 1965. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. VII 208 pp. endpaper maps. Black and white photographic illustrated dustwrapper. 8 pages of black and white photographs. Slight edgewear and rubbing to the dustwrapper. Otherwise in good order. Gordon Sheldon was in Mount Isa throughout the dispute and knew personally most of the men who played important parts in the tragic affair. He was closely involved with the press in Mount Isa and report of the progress of the dispute day by day. In this account he has tried to give an objective narrative story of the Mount Isa dispute to put the whole affair in perspective and to relate events to each other. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Politics; Local History -- Queensland; Inventory No: 0201357. . F. W. Cheshire hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0201357
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Godard Philippe
Reflections of New Caledonia
Nouvelles Editions Francaises d'Oceanie Noumea 1979. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Marcel Petron -- Drawings; Photography By the Author. 400 pages. Colour illustrated dustwrapper colour illustrated slipcase the blue cloth of the boards is actually velvet. Lavishly illustrated in full colour with text by the photographer this book covers most facets Of New Caledonia its history its fauna and flora etc. Size: Folio 12"- 15" tall . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Marcel Petron -- Drawings; Photography By the Author. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Polynesia - Micronesia - Melanesia; xxxx; Inventory No: 0203305. . Nouvelles Editions Francaises d'Oceanie hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0203305
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Southall Ivan
Parson on the Track; Bush Brothers in the Australian Outback
Lansdowne Press Melbourne 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. 525 grammes; 216 pages. last two blank acknowledgements appendices. Endpapers illustrated by map showing areas visited by the Bush Brotherhood. Black and white map frontispiece showing the area where Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd worked. Within the text there are black and white photographs. In color boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners of book are slightly rubbed and the head and the heel of spine are soft and bumped. There are foxing marks to the paper edges and foxing intrudes onto the endpapers and internal pages. Illustrated dustwrapper showing a bush church with black & white writing on front panel and white on the spine. The corners of the dustwrapper are slightly rubbed and there is a 0.5" tear on the front top panel. Both the top and bottom of spine are chipped. The panels are rubbed. The story of The Bush Brothers an Anglican order of monks who took Chistianity to the Outback. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Religion -- Christianity; Local History -- Australia ; Inventory No: 0100855. . Lansdowne Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100855
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Fisk E. K. editor
New Guinea on the Threshold; Aspects of Social Political and Economic Development
Australian National University Press Canberra 1966. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. XX 292 pp. last two blank foreword by Sir John Crawford acknowledgements notes on contributors abbreviations it is in text list of illustrations references and index. Illustrated endpapers showing map of New Guinea. Text illustrated by either black and white photographs or maps. Black boards with gilt writing on spine. Photographic dustwrapper showing a New Guniea Highlander in traditional garb with pale brown background with black and white writing on front panel and spine. "In this book a group of experts who have made a special study of Papua and New Guinea examine and the present situation in the Territory from the point of view of their own specialities and consider what this boards for the future.". Corners are rubbed and shelf wear evident on bottom edges of book. Loss of colour to the top edge and bottom edge of the front panel and bottom edge of the back. There is bumping to the head and heel of the spine. Dust marks to the top back edge. The remains of a booksellers sticker on the ffep. along with previous owners name. Dustwrapper is very creased along both the top and bottom dustwrapper edges. Some chipping along top and bottom edges as well with a 1" tear on bottom front fold over crease. Other tears are also on the bottom edge of the dustwrapper. Basically the dustwrapper is shabby. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government ; Anthropology ; Social History ; History -- Papua New Guinea; Inventory No: 0100700. . Australian National University Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100700
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Ingamells Rex; Chosen By
This Is the ABC; The Australian Broadcasting Commission 1932 -- 1983
Melbourne University Press Melbourne 1983. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good/Good. 1.5 kg.; X 522pp. last blank introduction by author list of illustrations acknowledgements abbreviations notes and index. The text illustrated with black and white photography and black and white contemporary advertisements. Coloured endpapers. Dark blue boards with silver titles on the backstrip. Corners are rubbed and there is shelf wear to the bottom edge of the book. Light fading to the top edge of the book. Previous owners name on the free front end paper handling marks are also present. Photographic dustwrapper with white background and black titles to the front panel and to the backstrip. The top two corners are slightly chipped and creasing to the backstrip edges. Fading and like rubbing of the dustwrapper. "As the bells in the tower of Sydney's General Post Office chimed eight o'clock on the evening of Friday 1 July 1932 the peals were picked up by a microphone and carried to every state of Federation. ' This is the Australian Broadcasting Commission' said the announcer Conrad Charlton." With these words the history of the A. B. C. started. This book tells of the first fifty years of this organisation. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Australiana; Politics -- Australian; Australia; ISBN: 0522842585. ISBN/EAN: 9780522842586. Inventory No: 0100447. . 9780522842586 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER THANK YOU. Melbourne University Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100447 ISBN : 0522842585 9780522842586
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Baker Catherine
The Innocent Artists; Student Art from Papua New Guinea
Blanford Press Poole Dorset 1980. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. foreword by John Callander -- Chief Education Officer Commonwealth Institute introduction by author bibliography and photographic acknowledgements. Red coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with both coloured and black and white reproductions of students' art along with black-and-white photography. Black coloured boards with gilt coloured titles on the spine. Illustrated / photographic dustwrapper with black coloured background and white coloured titles to the front panel and spine. In 1976 the author was teaching at High School in a remote Chimbu Province of Papua New Guinea and she gave her students some felt tip pens and said " draw something ". This book documents remarkable results of this request. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and shelfwear to the lower book edges. Dust marks to the top paper edge. A few handling marks to the book particularly to the back blank paper. A little rubbing and chipping to the dustwrapper corners. Some fading and rubbing to the dustwrapper. This is the first Australian edition. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. 128 pages last blank. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; New Guinea; ISBN: 0713710004. ISBN/EAN: 9780713710007. Inventory No: 0103757. . 9780713710007 Blanford Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0103757 ISBN : 0713710004 9780713710007
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MacFarlane C. W. and Triebel; L. A.; Editors
FRENCH EXPLORERS IN TASMANIA AND IN SOUTHERN SEAS. Being Extracts from Peron Dumas and the Comte de Beauvoir
Australasian Publishing Co Sydney No date. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good/No Dust Jacket. II 120 pages; notes vocabulary; original cloth. The cloth is slightly rubbed at the edges previous owner's name on front end page. A nice copy. Historical introduction in English text in French with notes and vocabulary. Size: 12mo Small Hardcover. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Local History -- Tasmania; Exploration; Australia; Inventory No: 0207201. . Australasian Publishing Co hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0207201
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van Sommers Tess
Sydney Sketchbook
Rigby Adelaide 1966. Third Impression. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Unk White. acknowledgements. Endpapers are illustrated by map and small vignettes. There are 29 black and white illustrations by Unk White decorating the text. Pale brown coloured spine with brown and white and mottled boards with white coloured titles to the spine. Shelf wear is evident to the bottom edges of the book and slightly to the head of the spine. There is a small split to the spine gutter on the front of the book. Illustrated dust wrapper which is again illustrated by Unk White with blue background and white coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the spine. The dust wrapper is faded and rubbed. Rubbing to the dust wrapper corners and along the fore edges. Slight chipping to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges and there is a 0.25" tear on the back top spine gutter of the dustwrapper with associated creasing. The first of the sketchbook series -- Sydney sketchbook. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 64 pages . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Unk White. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Art & Design; Local History -- New South Wales ; Australia; Inventory No: 0101204. . Rigby hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0101204
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Queensland State committee Communist Party of Australia
Law in Disorder: Politics the Police & Civil Liberties in Queensland
Queensland State committee Communist Party of Australia Fortitude Valley Brisbane 1977. First Edition. Stapled Card. Very Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 40 pages illustrated stiffened card wrapper. In a very good condition edges and corners crisp. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Australia; ISBN: 0909913269. ISBN/EAN: 9780909913267. Inventory No: 0207322. . 9780909913267 Queensland State committee, Communist Party of Australia unknown
Ссылка продавца : 0207322 ISBN : 0909913269 9780909913267
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Clarke F. G
Will - o' - the - Wisp; Peter the Painter and the Anti - Tsarist Terrorists in Britain and Australia
Oxford University Press Melbourne 1983. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 131pp. preface footnotes rouge's gallery select bibliography and index. Text illustrated by contemporary black and white photographs. Coloured endpapers. Black boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed as are the head and the heel of the spine. Previous owners name on the ffep. The author's name has been misspelt on the title page and there is a sticker with the correct spelling overlaying the misspelling. Illustrated dustwrapper showing 'Peter the Painter' black background with white and red writing on the front panel and on spine. Bottom right-hand corner of the front panel is slightly rubbed. There is also slight rubbing of the back panel. This is the story of a group of terrorists who after 1905 abortive revolution in Russia fled to England. While in England under their leader Peter the Painter they engaged in spectacular and violent crimes. When the group finally broke up some of the members fled to Australia thereby causing a major revision of Australian immigration policy and not to mention xenophobia within the staid populace of Australia. But throughout all the upheaval the leader remains an enigma in this book the author has tried to address this very enigma. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Politics -- Australian; History -- British; ISBN: 0195544196. ISBN/EAN: 9780195544190. Inventory No: 0100247. . 9780195544190 Oxford University Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100247 ISBN : 0195544196 9780195544190
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Carmichael Peter and Knox Mawer June
A World of Islands
Collins London 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. Illustrator: Peter Carmichael -- Photographer. 1.3 kg; approximately 300 pages of which 77 pages text acknowledgements introduction by authors. Photographic endpapers. Black-and-white illustrated title page showing the Pacific Islands and their place in the world. The text illustrated with numerous colour and black-and-white photographs and black-and-white maps throughout the text. Covers are in a sepia toned tapa design with white titles to the backstrip. rubbing to the book edges and to the book covers with some fading to the book edges. Browning to the text block edges and light age toning of the internal text.there is a gift inscription on the verso of the free front end paper. Illustrated dustwrapper showing people being pulled along by a horse cart with black writing on front panel and spine. The dustwrapper has some chipping on the corners and there is a tear on the front panel on top edge measuring .5". The dustwrapper has faded and there are some rubbing along the front of the edge front spine gutter and back spine gutter. The spine is particularly affected by sun damage. Both front and panels have grubby marks and there are some grubby marks throughout the book. In 1968 the photographer Peter Carmichael spent months photographing the islands of Fiji Tonga Gilbert and Ellice and captured the contrasts and tensions of life in these islands. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. We are happy to provide pictures of this book on request Illustrator: Peter Carmichael -- Photographer. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Photography; Social History ; Local History -- Pacific ; Inventory No: 0100629. . THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER THANK YOU. Collins hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100629
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Blainey Geoffrey
Jumping Over the Wheel
Allen & Unwin New South Wales 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. By Author on Title Page. pp. viii 336; illustrated endpapers 32 pages of colour & black and white illustrations; notes on sources of information list of pacific dunlop officials index; original cloth. Fine History of the Melbourne tyre company Pacific Dunlop. Signed by the author and managing director Phillip Brass. There is a small hole/tear in the rear spine gutter of the dustwrapper 0.25" slight ruffling of the edges. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Local History -- Australia; Company History; By Author on Title Page. ISBN: 186373564X. ISBN/EAN: 9781863735643. Inventory No: 0204298. . 9781863735643 THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Allen & Unwin hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0204298 ISBN : 186373564X 9781863735643
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Lodewycks Karel Axel
The Funding of Wisdom; Revelations of Library's Quarter-Century
Spectrum Publications Melbourne 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 361 pp. index. The text is illustrated with black and white photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed and the head and the heel of the spine are slightly soft. Photographic dustwrapper with black background with black writing on the front panel and white on the spine. Minor rubbing and fading to the dustwrapper has occurred. In this book the author gives his autobiography and his war service and then concentrates on his tenure at large institutional libraries and the politics and pressures that go hand-in-hand with the running of such institutions. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Australiana; Politics -- Australian; Books About Books ; Australia; ISBN: 0867860065. ISBN/EAN: 9780867860061. Inventory No: 0100573. . 9780867860061 Spectrum Publications hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100573 ISBN : 0867860065 9780867860061
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Townsley W. A
The Struggle for Self-Government in Tasmania 1842-1856
L. G. Shea Tasmania 1951. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. X 176 pp. last two blank introduction by author appendices bibliography and index. Blue coloured boards with black embossed writing on front panel and the spine. Slight rubbing to the bottom edges of the book and there are some dust marks to the top paper edge along with the faint foxing. Some marks to the end papers and the internal pages brown. Plain text dustwrapper with bone background with black writing on front panel and spine. Corners of the dustwrapper slightly creased as are the head and the heel of spine. Some rubbing to the back panel and a 0.25" tear to bottom front spine gutter edge. The constitutional history of fifteen intense years in colonial Van Diemen's Land early Tasmania. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Local History -- Tasmania ; 19th Century ; Australia; Inventory No: 0100968. . L. G. Shea hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100968
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Rigg Julie editor
In Her Own Right; Women of Australia
Nelson Melbourne 1969. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. preface by editor biographical details and index. Tan coloured endpapers. Black and white photographic frontispiece showing the face of middle-aged woman. Throughout the text there are black and white photographs both modern and contemporary black and white illustrations. Front cover illustrated with a "negative" of photograph on front dustwrapper with olive coloured background with white coloured titles to the backstrip. Corners are bumped and rubbed and so with the head and he'll spine. The first few pages of the book appeared to have been dampened. Bookseller sticker on front paste down. Heavy rubbing to the lower book edges and spine edge. Photographic dustwrapper showing a young woman circa 1960s with orange and white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. Corners of the dustwrapper are rubbed and chipped and on top right-hand corner there is a tear measuring 1". There are another three tears on top dustwrapper edge and chipping to the top dustwrapper spine. There is fading to the dustwrapper most particularly notable on spine top 1" of the back panel and running along the back spine gutter. This book scrutinises Australian women in all ages moods economic standings and work of various types. Size: 4to 9�" - 12" tall. VIII 184 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Women & Feminism; Gender Studies; Politics -- Australian; Australia; Sociology & Culture. Inventory No: 0100782. . THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER THANK YOU. Nelson hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100782
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Stringer Michael
Sydney Harbour; A Pictorial History on the Settlers to the Present Day
Rankin Group Sydney 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket. Signed by Author. 240pp. foreword by Captain S. J.Mick Costelloe F.A.I.N. Harbour Master- Sydney Ports index. Endpapers illustrated with Sydney & foreshores in 1874 by S. Calvert half-title page; Campbell Wharf 1877and title-page; Circular Quay in 1983. The text is copiously illustrated with black and white and colour photographs colour and black and white illustrations and tables. Laminated pictorial boards with yellow black & white writing front panel and yellow and white on spine. The story of Sydney Harbour from pre European arrival through to the present day 1980s shown through contemporary prints photographs and text. The corners are slightly rubbed otherwise no deficits of note. Inserted loosely into the book is a poster size print of the illustration on endpapers. There is a gift inscription from the author on the verso of the title page. Size: Folio over 12" tall . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Photography; Local History -- New South Wales ; Signed by Author. ISBN: 0959019707. ISBN/EAN: 9780959019704. Inventory No: 0100508. . 9780959019704 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER THANK YOU. Rankin Group hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100508 ISBN : 0959019707 9780959019704
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Bolderwood Rolf
Robbery Under Arms; A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia
Collins London and Glasgow 1954. Reprint. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/Ordinary. introduction by G. F. Maine and bibliography. Illustrated endpapers being a diamond grey and white shape with interlinking " Cs ". Illustrated frontispiece being of Rolf Boldrewood -- Thomas Alexander Browne. Bottle green coloured boards with gilt coloured titles to the spine. Green coloured tint to the top text block edge. Bumping to the head and to the heel of the spine and to the book corners. Original bookseller's stamp to the lower left hand corner of the free front endpaper. The remains of tape can be seen to the verso of the free front endpaper and the next few pages following. Browning of the papers has occurred and a few handling marks are also present. Photographic dustwrapper showing a black-and-white still from the Rank Organisation film of the same name against a blue coloured background with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and black coloured titles to the spine. On the back panel a small portrait photographs of the actors of the film -- Maureen Swanston Peter Finch Ronald Lewis Jill Ireland David McCallum and Ursula Finlay. Grubby marks and fading to the dustwrapper particularly the spine and top left-hand corner of the front panel. Chipping to the head and to the heel of the spine and a little creasing to the rest of the dustwrapper edges. Remains of tape can be seen to the fold over panels. To the verso of the dustwrapper there has been some bleeding of the book colour. A few foxing spots are also present. An early novel written about the Australian goldrush and bushranging. Size: 12mo standard paperback. 448 pages last blank . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Fiction; Bushranging ; Australia; Inventory No: 0104188. . Collins hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0104188
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Masterman Mervinia
Flinders Chase; Kangaroo Island South Australia Place of Enchantment for Nature-Lovers
Georgian House Melbourne 1950. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/Fair. Illustrator: Mervinia Masterman. VIII 64 pp last two blank preface by author. Endpaper maps. Within the text there are 4 coloured plates and several marginal illustrations by the author. Illustrated boards showing various denizens of Kangaroo Island with cream background with green decoration and faux 1/4 bound spine in brown. Black writing on front panel. The corners are heavily rubbed and slightly bumped with very heavy shelf wear evident on bottom edge of book. The top of the spine has been chipped and has come slightly away from the rest of the book. Front hinge slightly loose. Bookseller's sticker on front paste down. Illustrated dustwrapper same illustrations as used for boards. Black writing on front panel. The dustwrapper is very rubbed and faded. There is chipping to all four corners and there is chipping to the head and heel of spine both areas missing .25 "of top and bottom edge. There is rubbing along spine and edges and there is insect activity noticeable on back panel which has gone through to the board in some areas and along the back fold over. The dustwrapper has grubby marks is darkened due to sun damage. On front fold over there is previous owners name in pen at top. A small handbook of natural flora and fauna of the sanctuary Flinders Chase on Kangaroo Island. " . for in the tiny world of Flinders Chase can be found many of the animals birds and flowers common and other parts of the Australian continent.". � from the front fold over panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Mervinia Masterman. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Local History -- South Australia ; Inventory No: 0100637. . Georgian House hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100637
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Clare Patricia
The Struggle for the Great Barrier Reef
Collins London 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 224 pp. list of illustrations acknowledgements appendices. Text illustrated with coloured photographs. Green boards with gilt writing on the spine. There is slight fading of the boards and the corners are slightly rubbed. The head and the heel of the spine are bumped. There are grubby marks on the paper edges of the book. An erasure mark and the remains of a sticker on the ffep. Photographic dustwrapper showing a Great Barrier Reef Island black and white writing on the front cover and on the spine. There is chipping of the corners and of the head and heel of the spine of the dustwrapper. There are a few creases and rubbing to the top and bottom dust wrapper edges. Grubby marks to the back panel. The Great Barrier Reef off Queensland coast is a natural wonder of the world. In this book Patricia Clare shows "the system in all its variety and beauty - and to demonstrate how industrial exploitation and nature in itself present an ever-increasing threat to its existence.". Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Australiana; Politics -- Australian; Conservation ; Australia; ISBN: 0002117940. ISBN/EAN: 9780002117944. Inventory No: 0101587. . 9780002117944 Collins hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0101587 ISBN : 0002117940 9780002117944
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Bain Kenneth
Treason at 10: Fiji at the Cross Roads
Hodder & Stoughton London 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. XVI 236 pages 4 pages blank; index double page map glossary. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. Minimal signs of wear although there is some browning of the paper edges. This is the story of how and why Fiji had to military coups in 1987 and what has occurred since then. "Treason at 10 reveals the tensions between the indigenous Fijians and the Fiji born Indians largely the descendants of imported indentured labour who constitute the largest section of the population. It includes the author's eyewitness accounts of riot racial violence and destruction together with stories of courage and resilience in the face of physical danger intimidation and torture." Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Fiji; ISBN: 0340490934. ISBN/EAN: 9780340490938. Inventory No: 0207556. . 9780340490938 Hodder & Stoughton hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0207556 ISBN : 0340490934 9780340490938
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Thompson. M. M. H
William Woolls A Man of Parramatta
Hale & Iremonger Sydney 1986. First Edition. Softcover Stiff Boards. Very Good Condition. list of illustrations introduction by author ended notes and select bibliography. Black and white photographic frontispiece showing William Woolls as an a man in his 70s. Text is illustrated with black and white sketches illustrations and photography. Photographic front card cover showing William Woolls as a young man with wine coloured background and red and black coloured rtitles to front panel and spine. The story of William Woolls -- writer teacher botanist and clergyman. Corners are scuffed and crease and there is some creasing to the edges. There is fading rubbing and marks to covers. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 136 pages last blank . Previous bookseller's sticker to the rear panel. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Local History -- New South Wales ; Inventory No: 0101166. . Hale & Iremonger hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0101166
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Caley George; JEB Currey editor J. E.
Reflections on the Colony of New South Wales; George Caley Explorer and Natural History Collector for Sir Joseph Banks
Lansdowne Press Melbourne 1966. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: George Caley. XVII 239pp. preface by author introduction notes on the text abbreviations used in the footnotes appendices bibliography and index. Illustrated endpapers both different front endpaper being a sketch of Carrung-Gurring cataract has drawn by George Caley and back endpaper being a facsimile of his handwriting. Throughout the text maps and illustrations done by George Caley and black and white frontispiece of a kookaburra. Green boards with gilt writing on the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper showing the same kookaburra as the frontispiece green background with black & white writing on front panel and on the spine. John Currey has edited the letters of George Caley to Sir Joseph Banks. These letters ranged from descriptions of new specimens found and of explorations undertaken. Caley also reported on life in the struggling colony under Governor King then Bligh to give the reader an understanding of ten eventful years that Caley witnessed from when he arrived in 1800. The corners are slightly rubbed and there are some bumps along the bottom edge. On the front paste down there is a booksellers sticker and on the ffep. there is previous owners name. There is very faint rubbing to the corners of the dustwrapper. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: George Caley. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Letters ; Exploration ; Local History -- New South Wales ; Inventory No: 0100358. . Lansdowne Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100358
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Brookes Dame Mabel
Crowded Galleries; With Chapters on Tennis by Sir Norman Brookes
William Heinemann Melbourne 1956. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. XII 324pp. acknowledgements foreword by author list of illustrations bibliography and index. Illustrated endpapers both different front endpaper shows Napoleon receiving flowers from the Balcombe girls sisters and back endpaper showing an aerial view of Kooyong tennis court. Coloured frontispiece of Dame Mabel Brookes painted by William Dargie. The text is illustrated with 57 black and white illustrations. Red coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners are slightly rubbed and the head and the heel of the spine are soft. The front hinge is soft. Illustrated dustwrapper showing a tennis match in progress with blue background and white writing on front panel and spine. The dustwrapper is faded and slightly rubbed. The corners are likewise slightly rubbed. Dame Mable Brookes and her husband were citizens of the world and for many years were the friends of many of the 20th centuries pre-eminent people. This is a recounting of those friendships and times. Dame Mables' ancestor Sir William Balcombe who was a host and burser to Napoleon on St. Helena. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Biography & Autobiography; Politics -- Australian; History -- Europe ; Inventory No: 0100610. . William Heinemann hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100610
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Clare Patricia
The Struggle for the Great Barrier Reef
Collins London 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. 224 pp. list of illustrations acknowledgements appendices. Text illustrated with coloured photographs. Green boards with gilt writing on the spine. Slight fading of the boards and the corners are slightly rubbed. Grubby marks on the text block edges. Photographic dustwrapper showing a Great Barrier Reef Island with black and white titles to the front cover and backstrip. Chipping of the dustwrapper corners and of the backstrip edges. Rubbing and fading on the back panel and there are 2 pen marks in the middle of the back panel. The Great Barrier Reef off Queensland coast is a natural wonder of the world. In this book Patricia Clare shows "the system in all its variety and beauty - and to demonstrate how industrial exploitation and nature in itself present an ever-increasing threat to its existence.". Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Natural History & Resources; Politics -- Australian; Conservation ; ISBN: 0002117940. ISBN/EAN: 9780002117944. Inventory No: 0100196. . 9780002117944 Collins hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100196 ISBN : 0002117940 9780002117944
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Smith Eleanor
THE BECKONING WEST. The Story of H.S. Trotman and the Canning Stock Route
Angus & Robertson Sydney 1966. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. 600 g; vii 220 pp. map appendixes index. Minor chipping at the head and foot of the spine region. Slight yellowing of the top edge and the top half of the front edge of the book. Trotman joined the Lands and Surveys department in 1894 and was involved in five major expeditions into the interior including the search for lost members of the Calvert expedition the survey of the Rabbit-proof fence and the survey for the Canning Stock Route. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Dust Jacket price-clipped. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Local History -- Queensland; Exploration; Australia; Inventory No: 0203926. . Angus & Robertson hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0203926
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Porush Israel
The House of Israel; A Study of Sydney Jewry from Its Foundation 1788 and There History of the Great Synagogue of Sydney the Mother Congregation of Australian Jewry Compiled on the Occasion of its Centenary 1878-1978
The Hawthorn Press Melbourne 1977. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. foreword by Sir Israel Brodie list of illustrations introduction by author acknowledgements glossary appendices and index. The text is illustrated with contemporary black and white photographs. Black coloured boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper showing the great synagogue of Sydney with pale blue coloured background with white and black coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. The First Jews in Australia came with the First Fleet in 1788. The first organised religious ceremony was in 1828. Then in 1878 the magnificent Great Synagogue of Sydney was built this book celebration of 100 years of the synagogue and a celebration of the history of Jews in Australia from Australia's birth. Light rubbing to the book corners and minor shelf wear on bottom edges of book. Softening to the backstrip edges and there are some dust marks to the top paper edge. Chipping to the dustwrapper corners and rubbing to the dustwrapper edges and dustwrapper panels. On the bottom right-hand corner of the front panel there has been removal of the top layer of the dustwrapper with removing of a price sticker. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 12 VII 3 348 pages last page blank . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Judaica; Australia; History. ISBN: 0725602058. ISBN/EAN: 9780725602055. Inventory No: 0100767. . 9780725602055 THIS BOOK WEIGHS OVER 1KG WITHOUT PACKING AND EXTRA POST WILL BE REQUIRED FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA. PLEASE ENQUIRE FOR COSTS BEFORE YOU ORDER THANK YOU. The Hawthorn Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100767 ISBN : 0725602058 9780725602055
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Fenner Charles
South Australia: A Geographical Study; Structural Regional and Human
Whitcombe & Tombs Melbourne No date. Edition Unstated. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. preface by author list of illustrations glossary of technical terms questions and exercises and index. Map frontispiece showing map of the world showing South Australia. The text is illustrated with black-and-white photography black and white line drawings maps and graphs. Brown coloured boards with black coloured titles to the backstrip and front panel. A study of the structural regional and human geography of South Australia from the middle of the 20th century. Softening to the backstrip edges and bumping and fraying to the book corners. There is a small 0.25" dared to the lower backstrip edge. The spine is reverse cocked. Marks and fading to the cloth covers. Browning to the textblock edges. Foxing to the endpapers and occasionally throughout the book along with browning of the pages. Previous owner's initials on the free front endpaper. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. XV 352 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Economics ; Local History -- South Australia ; Inventory No: 0102248. . Whitcombe & Tombs hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0102248
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Lubbock Adelaide
People in Glass Houses: Growing Up at Government House
Nelson Melbourne 1977. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographs. XII 196 pp illustrated dustwrapper. Shelf wear apparent on bottom edge previous owner's name on front endpaper otherwise in very good condition. Through a combination of her memories and her mother's letters Adelaide Lubbock nee Stanley provides a rare insights into the private and public life of a vice-Regal household. This domestic view of life above and below stairs at government house is spiced with anecdotes about the famous people who were guests there. Forward by Geoffrey Blainey Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographs. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Politics -- Australian; Local History -- Victoria; ISBN: 0170051919. ISBN/EAN: 9780170051910. Inventory No: 0203640. . 9780170051910 Nelson hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0203640 ISBN : 0170051919 9780170051910
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Compiled By Officers of the Education Department Tasmania
The Tasmanian Area School
H. H. Pimblett Government Printer Tasmania Hobart 1942. First Edition. Hardcover. Good Condition/No Dust Jacket. 66pp. list of illustrations plans 3 appendices and preface by G. V. Brooks director of education Tasmania. Black and white photographic frontispiece and 7 pages of plates 14 photographs 3 sketch maps illustrates the text. Pale blue boards with darker blue stripes dark blue writing and the front panel and spine. Corners are bumped and there is shelf wear evident on bottom edges of book. The head and heel of the spine are soft and bumped and there is some bumping along the top edge of the book. The panels are rubbed and faded and there is discolouration on spine. There appears to have been some insect activity on both front and back panels. Previous owners name on the ffep. In 1935 in response to schooling needs theTasmanian government set up "Area Schools". The philosophy of schools were; " a such might better fit the district needs: b the curriculum in the schools be vitalised: c any tendency to regimentation of educational ideas might be obviated.". Size: 12mo standard paperback. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Education ; Local History -- Tasmania ; Inventory No: 0100410. . H. H. Pimblett, Government Printer, Tasmania hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100410
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Australian Council of National Trusts
Historic Public Buildings of Australia
Cassell Melbourne 1971. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. XIV 306 pp endpaper illustrations over 350 black and white illustrations 30 coloured plates. Colour illustrated dustwrapper has been chipped only at the head of the spine and front corners previous owner's bookplate on front paste down previous owner's inscription at top right of front endpaper. This second volume in the series "Historic Buildings in Australia" and provides ample proof of the extent of the early settlers aspirations. Presented in chronological order by date of first construction some 40 buildings or groups of buildings are here described and superbly illustrated. Size: Folio 12"- 15" tall . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Genealogy & Local History; Architecture; Local History -- Australia; Australia; Inventory No: 0202777. . THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Cassell hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0202777
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Hasluck Alexandra editor
Remembered with Affection: A New Edition of Lady Broome's Letters to Guy with Notes and a Short Life By Alexander Hasluck
Oxford University Press Melbourne 1963. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Allison Forbes. The text is illustrated with black and white line drawings by Alison Forbes along with a studio portrait of Lady Broome and her husband. Brown illustrated boards with a lace pattern on front and back boards with brown coloured titles on spine. Coloured end papers. Slight rubbing of the corners of book has occurred. Previous owners name on the free front endpaper. Illustrated dustwrapper showing a line drawing of Lady Broome a pale pink coloured background white and black coloured titles to the front panel and back strip. The dustwrapper is faded particularly on the spine. There has been also some rubbing and grubby marks occurring to the front and back panels. Lady Broome was the wife of an early Governor of Western Australia. While she was out here she wrote letters back to her son Guy ". she is observant and her lively descriptions of her extensive tours with her husband in Western Australia are of interest to the historian." � from the rear panel blurb. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. VIII 137 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Allison Forbes. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Letters ; Local History -- Western Australia; Inventory No: 0100361. . Oxford University Press hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100361
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Beeching Jack
An Open Path; Christian Missionaries 1515-1914
Ross-Erickson Inc Santa Barbara California 1982. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good/Good. 325pp. list of maps bibliography and index. Maps used to illustrate text are in black and white. Blue boards with gilt titles on spine. Minor rubbing has occurred to the corners and the head and the heel of the spine are bumped. Previous owners name on the ffep. Illustrated dustwrapper by a painting by Malcolm Ross. White titles on the front cover and black titles on the spine. There has been a little rubbing to the dustwrapper and there are some minor chips to the head of the spine. ".depicts the missionaries as neither benevolent saviours of savage souls nor fanatics ignorantly responsible for the destruction of indigenous culture. The best of these people were brave men under stress in the human predicament. The worst were hypocrites and parties to mass murder. Beeching's investigation of the adventures explorations the passions and the errors of missionaries are convincingly set down and the reader is left for himself to judge whether missionary emerges as a hero villain or fool.". Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History ; Pacific; Religion -- Christianity; ISBN: 0915520532. ISBN/EAN: 9780915520534. Inventory No: 0100346. . 9780915520534 Ross-Erickson Inc hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100346 ISBN : 0915520532 9780915520534
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Lockwood Douglas
The Front Door: Darwin 1869-1969
Rigby Adelaide 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. XIV 288 pp. last two blank acknowledgements list of illustrations appendices and index. Endpapers illustrated by maps both different front end paper 'Goyder's original Darwin layout back endpaper modern Darwin layout. Text is illustrated by 1 double-page and 18 full-page black and white plates. Orange coloured boards with gilt writing on spine. Corners are slightly bumped as is the head and the heel of the spine. Illustrated/photographic dustwrapper with black writing on front panel and spine. The corners are a little rubbed as is the back panel. Minor chipping to the top dustwrapper edge. The history of Darwin from its roistering early days through to a modern city. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Social History ; Local History -- Northern Territory; Australia; Inventory No: 0100569. . Rigby hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100569
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Park Ruth
The Witch's Thorn
Angus & Robertson Sydney 1951. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Good Condition/Poor. Grey coloured boards with red coloured titles to the spine. Illustrated dustwrapper showing a woman standing next to a Maori totem pole with yellow and grey coloured titles to the front panel and spine. A novel set in New Zealand in 1920s. Minimal rubbing and bumping has occurred to the corners but the head and heel of spine are soft. Gift inscription on the free front end page. The remains of tape are visible on both the front and back endpapers. The foxing has happened to the paper edges and foxing has intruded onto the internal pages. The internal pages are brown and handling marks are visible. The dustwrapper is rubbed and faded and there is minor chipping along both dustwrapper edges. The on the verso of the dustwrapper the illustrations have started to come through. Taped repair to 2 tears at top dustwrapper edge have been repaired badly with tape tape still in situ. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. 4 220 pages. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Fiction; New Zealand; Inventory No: 0100664. . Angus & Robertson hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100664
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Normington Rawling J
Charles Harpur An Australian
Angus & Robertson Sydney 1962. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Good. XVI 334pp. last 2 blank preface by author list illustrations notes and references bibliography and index. Black and white frontispiece one map 5 plates illustrates the text. Black boards with gilt writing on spine. There have been minor rubbing the corners and shelf wear to the bottom edge of book. Dust marks has occurred on top edge of paper. Previous owners name on the ffep. Plain text dustwrapper brown background with white writing on front panel and spine. The dust wrapper corners have been chipped and there is minor rubbing along the top edge. On the back panel there are some minor handling marks. Charles Harpur was born 25 years after the foundation of Sydney. He was a man many talents and beliefs by turns a poet fighter for self-government and finally a friend of the powerful men in Australian literature and politics of his time. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Literature & Literary; Australiana; History -- Australia; Politics -- Australian; Australia; Biography -- Literary. Inventory No: 0100393. . Angus & Robertson hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100393
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O'Leary Zoe
The Little Bryon; The Life of Alfred Midgley Queensland Poet Parliamentarian and Methodist Pioneer 1849-1930
Alternative Publishing Cooperative Chippendale New South Wales 1982. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. VIII 164 pages last blank preface by author list of illustrations bibliography and index. Text is illustrated with contemporary black and white photographs. Black covered boards with gilt writing on spine. The corners of book slightly bumped and minor shelf wear is evident to the bottom edges. Plain text dustwrapper with pink background and blue writing on front panel and spine. The corners of the dustwrapper are slightly rubbed and there is rubbing to all dust wrapper facets. The dustwrapper is very faded and there are varying shades of the fading. Where there was a price sticker on the bottom right hand corner of the dustwrapper the colour is at full strength. The top 1/4" of the front panel has all most faded to white and the majority of the front panel is somewhat faded. There are some marks to top spine edge and to the back panel. During Alfred Midgley's life he was a Queensland parliamentarian poet and devout Methodist. In all aspects he brought a gift of oratory and humanism. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Local History -- Queensland; Biography -- Literary; Australia; ISBN: 090918867X. ISBN/EAN: 9780909188672. Inventory No: 0100663. . 9780909188672 Alternative Publishing Cooperative hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0100663 ISBN : 090918867X 9780909188672
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Passmore John
The Limits of Government
Australian Broadcasting Commission Sydney 1981. First Edition. Softcover Stiff Boards. Good/No Dust Jacket. 62 pp. introduction by author list of other lectures. Illustrated cover showing King Canute trying to keep back the tide with yellow background and white and black writing on front panel and black on spine. Corners of the book slightly bent & scuffed there has been sunning to the spine. Some grubby marks to the front and back panel. The author puts forth the argument that Australia needs to think about government and government policies rather than govern with out doctrines or by gut instincts due to world influences. "Each year the ABC invites a prominent Australian to present the results of his work and thinking on major social scientific or cultural issues in a series of radio talks known as the Boyer Lectures.". Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Politics & Government; Politics -- Australian; ISBN: 0642975906. ISBN/EAN: 9780642975904. Inventory No: 0101012. . 9780642975904 Australian Broadcasting Commission hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0101012 ISBN : 0642975906 9780642975904
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Australian Council of National Trusts
Australia's National Trusts Historic Places combined edition of Historic Places volume I & volume II
Australian Council Of National Trusts Canberra 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Photographic. VIII 584 pages 59 colour plates over 600 black-and-white illustrations. Slight rubbing to the base edge of the boards small tear at the top left-hand corner of the front panel/spine crease and a small tear at the bottom left-hand side of the rear panel of the dust jacket. Otherwise in very good order. Illustrated with a mainly black-and-white photographs many full page the book provides a perspective on many aspects of Australia's cultural heritage and on the continuing the preservation of what is indeed a unique traditional environment. For many people the book will also act as a resource in their restoration of properties. Size: Folio 12"- 15" tall . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Local History -- Australia; Australia; history. Inventory No: 0210236. . THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Australian Council Of National Trusts hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0210236
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HANDY E. S. Craighill and Kenneth P. Emory Edwin H. Bryan Peter H. Buck John H. Wise and Others
Ancient Hawaiian Civilization. a series of lectures delivered at the Kamehemeha Schools
Charles E. Tuttle Co Rutland Vermont and Tokyo Japan 1976. Reprint. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Very Good. 336 pages with index and glossary illustrated dust jacket. The top edge of the text block is spotted the back strip section of the dust jacket has faded. . These lectures were by a group of scientists on the staff of the Bishop Museum and others who discussed such topics as: race; government; feasts and holidays; houses and villages; food; fiberwork; language; music; carving; warfare; navigation; medicine; nature; and other subjects. Size: 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture s. Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; Pacific; Hawaii; ISBN: 0804800235. ISBN/EAN: 9780804800235. Inventory No: 0211053. . 9780804800235 Charles E. Tuttle Co hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0211053 ISBN : 0804800235 9780804800235
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Australian Council of National Trusts
Australia's National Trusts Historic Places
Australian Council Of National Trusts Canberra 1982. First Edition. Hardcover Original Cloth. Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Various. 584 pp. over 600 black and white photoraphs and 59 coloured plates. Colour illustrated dustwrapper. This is the 1st. combined edition of a work originally published in 2 volumes. Illustrated with a mainly black-and-white photographs many full page the book provides a perspective on many aspects of Australia's cultural heritage and on the continuing the preservation of what is indeed a unique traditional environment. For many people the book will also act as a resource in their restoration of properties. Size: Folio 12"- 15" tall . Please refer to accompanying picture s. Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Category: Architecture; Local History -- Australia; Inventory No: 0203980. . THIS BOOK WILL INCUR EXTRA POST OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA BECAUSE IT IS OVER 1 Kg WITHOUT PACKAGING PLEASE ENQUIRE BEFORE ORDERING. Australian Council Of National Trusts hardcover
Ссылка продавца : 0203980
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